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>>>> Greg wrote:
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>> | | Then you call and tell them your TV only has component inputs and
>> | | demand a box that you can use with your TV. They have to comply.
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>> |
>> | I wonder if thats the same "comply" law that Time warner completely
>> | ignores..... at least in my area of upstate NY. Ive repeatedly asked
>> | for an hd box that has a firewire port enabled..... they keep telling
me
>> | "that functionality is not available" I never heard a word back from
>> | the FCC after I complained to them either.
>> |
>> |
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>>>> | I live in Upstate NY...Saratoga Springs...I have fire wire on my SA
>> | 4250...I just asked for it....
>>>>>> I messed with mine, and found that the ports were off. I called the
>> local office in norwich, and the first person I spoke to after I asked
>> if they could turn firewire on my hd box on, she transferred me to tech
>> support. tech support 800# asked me what kind if internet connection I
>> had...... uhh... I told them it had nothing to do with my internet
>> connection. then she asked me what firewire was, I told her IEEE1394,
>> she never heard of it "we dont use any ports on the boxes except hdmi,
>> component, or cable" was her answer.
>>>>>> Hmmm....I'm no big fan of Time-Warner Cable (or any other cable company,
> for that matter), but I have to admit that I didn't have any problems
> getting them to enable Firewire on my DCT-6200s. I had to go up to a
> second-level tech support person, but when I requested that they turn it
> on, and mentioned that the FCC has mandated that it be available, she just
> "flipped the switch" (figuratively?) and reset my connection...voila -
>
Thanks for spelling that correctly. It's a pet peeve of mine and I'm
not even French. :) voi la (translates roughly as "there you go") is a
French term. I don't know how many times I hear my fellow Americans use
the term "wa la". Anyway...
Cheers,
Drew
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Um, ok. Never heard "wa la" or even seen it typed before now. Must be a part
of the "internet generation"
There was an article on MSN a few weeks back saying that kids today use
IM/Text message abbreviations on essays and stuff. If I was a teacher I
would be sending that paper back to the student and asking for a rewrite. If
they don't, they fail.